Association for Social Justice Research v. Union of India

A father married his 11–12 year old daughter to an adult man.  When an NGO intervened, the father and "husband" argued that no money had been exchanged and that the girl would have a better life in marriage.  The Court held that marriage of a minor girl is presumptively invalid unless the girl decides otherwise when she reaches 18 years of age.

Topics

• Harmful traditional practices

Geographical location

• Asia
• India

Keywords

• child or early marriage
• forced marriage
• forced and early marriage

Year

• 2010

External URL

• Association for Social Justice Research v. Union of India

Court

• Supreme Court of India

Type

• Domestic Case Law

Jurisdiction

• India